Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-02
XXTH LEGISLATURE.
The Senate takes Up the Appropriation
Bill as Reported from the Finance
Committee with Amendments.
This House Passes the Bill Requiring Rail
road Companies to Furnish Cars to
All shippers without Prejudice.
THE SENATE.

mittee on contingent expenses, reported
back resolution to pay extra cOmpensa-
ton to George NJ. Israel in the Willis
case as stenographer favorably, with
the amendment striking out 500 and in
sorting $195.
Senator Harrison opposed the resolu-
ton as unconstitutional.
Senator Terrell said that Mr.. Israel had
done the work outside of his committee
work and he had contract for % cents
per hundred words and the resolution
pays him much less than the contract
price.
Senator Pope thought that the com
pensatiou ought to be paid because it was
extra work by competent stenographer.
Senator Claiborne said in addition to
his stenegTapDic report he corrected all
the proof.
Senator Arm;stead thought the consti-
tutional objection was met in the resolu-
ton appointing him.
Senator Houston and Senator Harrison
had tilt on the constitutional objection
of the latter.
The committee report was adopted and
the resolution adopted.
Senator Douglass of Jefferson sent up
resolution that the enrolling and en-
crossing clerks be retained four days.
Senator Frank: Resolved that the calen-
dar clerks lie retain five days.
Senator Burg amended by retaining
the postmaster five days.
The resolutions and amendments we're
postponed.
Senator Armistead reported favOrsbly
on the bill providing for the appointment
of financial agent in connection with the
asyluns.
The appropriation bill was then taken
up with the amendments of the Senate
committee on fnanCe.
Senator Burgess moved to limit the
time of speaking on the bill 10 three min
utes to each Senator.
The motion was declared out Of order
and contrary to the rules of the Senates
Nearly all of the committee amend
ments were agreed TO as follows: TIE
assistant clerk in state department, $1,000.
Treasury departmeut-One receiving
clerk st $500; one examining clerk at
S14O0, were added to the number, and
there are left two instead of three assist
ant bookkeepers at $1,000 each. Two ex-
ira clerks added at a salary of $1,000 each.
COmptrUllers departmeut-TWo war
rant clerks at $1,000 each; two CORE
spending clerks at $1,000 each: Two au-
diting clerks at $500 each. Eight in
stead of nine second assistant clerks;
one night Waterman 5000
General Land Office-Spanish clerk,
$500; ca Culalor, $500; one ding ERIK,
$500; two corresponding clerks, $1,000
each; tivr. pateatlng clerks at $1,000 each;
two copying clerks at Sl200 each; one
file room cI, TX at $l400; eight assistant
dTaughtsmen instead of seven, and an ap-
preparation of 5000 to purchase a safe.
Salary of librarian in insurance, etc,
department, $3.50.
Supreme cuurt-TWo Librarians, 5000
each. One librarian at Austin, $780,
One night Waterman, third flor tempo
rary capitol, $500. Books and stationery,
fuel and lights, postage and express, and
furniture for Commissioners of Appeal,
1850.
Judicial Observation-Disclosures judges,
Sl07, 800, and fees and costs of sheriffs,
$500.
State Lunatic Asylum-MaIe supervis-
or, $3.50; female supervisor, $3.50. Six
night watchmen, seven IaundT-sSvs, SIX
seamstre sses, two skilled female nurses,
$500. Groceries, lights, cfc, $500.
Ward furniture, $500 Contingent eX-
penses, $1,000. One additional teacher
to Deaf and Dumb Asylum, 5000. Re
placing Old furniture with new IL the
Blind Asylum, $1,000.
Department of Education-Cnief clerk,
Sl650; second cl-rk, $1,000.
Adjourned until ? O'clock.
THE HOUSE.
House bill No. 3l9, amending the law
as to insurance companies, was under
consideration when the hour for the spe
cisl order arrived, being Senate bill No
272, compelling railroads TO furnish cars
without discrimination against shippers.
The bill passed with MINOR amendments.
The House conCurred in Senate amend
ments to House bill requiring prompt
transportation of freight and passengers.
Mr.. Cone explained to the House that
he WAS not opposed, as had been reported
in some of the papers, to the judiciary
bill which was acted upon yesterday, but
objected only to Increasing some of the
salaries proposed in the bill.
Senate bill No 740, amending article
1639a of the law regulating appeals,
passed.
Senate substitute bill postponing the
forcible collection Of taxes passed to third
reading.
Resolution by Mr.. Latimer, that on &C
man reminding the Legislature that
that Monday, July 4, is q dies non, the
House will under no circumstances ad-
iourn without first consulting the States
man. was ruled out OF order. The
article in the Statesman was an April
fool.
The resolution to employ one OF the
committee clerks to index the House
journal was defeated, and very properly
in Justice TO Mr.. Dixon, the journal clerk,
who has discharged his duties very salts
fsctorilv. The resolution brought out
complimentary expression by members as
70 Mr.. Dlxon's work.
Adjourned for afternoon session.
AFTE NOON SESSION.
The House resumed consideration IN
the afternoon session of the Senate llnt
resolution to amend the constitution so
as to re-organize tie state judiciary and
increase the Supreme court to seven men,
bers.
A call of the house stopped its consid-
GRAFTON.
Senate bill providing for hiring out city
and town convlcts passed.
Senate bill amending article 1851 and